a. rare. [f. L. terræ mōtus earthquake + -IVE, after motive.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake; seismic.
1837. Whewell, Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857), III. 459. The frequent sympathy of volcanic and terremotive action. Ibid. (1840), Philos. Induct. Sc., X. iii. § 4 II. 128. The greatest known paroxysms of volcanic and terremotive agency.
